====== The Chosen Ones ======

Punk / New Wave\\
Yorba Linda, California, USA

Early Southern California band that was formed around 1979-80 in Yorba Linda, California. The original line-up was Chris Pavlis (younger brother of Danny Pavlis of [[Boaz]] and [[Undercover]]) on lead vocals, keyboards, and synthesizer; Roso Garcia on guitar; Greg Johnson on bass; and Rich Durbin on drums. This original version played the same concert that also featured the first live appearances of [[The Lifesavors]] and [[Undercover]] at a roller skating rink in Yorba Linda sometime late in 1980.

After about a year, Brian Doidge (who would later join [[The Lifesavors]], [[L.S.U.]], and [[Aunt Bettys]]) joined the band. This five piece played for about a year until Johnson had to leave for personal reasons. This change led to Garcia switching to bass. This line-up also lasted about a year until Doidge left to join the [[Lifesavers]]. At this point Johnson came back and that was the line-up that the band ended with.

[[Ojo|Joey Taylor]] of [[Undercover]] would later recall that "they were young and not bad for their age but they only recorded a demo." Brian Doidge stated that their sound was heavily influenced by The Ramones.

In about late 1979 or early 1980, the band put out an ad for a singer. [[Michael Knott]] drove from Huntington Beach to Yorba Kinda to audition. This is where Doidge met Knott. Knott decided to join [[The Lifesavors]] instead.

Doidge described the end of his time with The Chosen Ones: "The Chosen Ones were kind of disintegrating, we were only like 15 and 16 years old, and we were still going through puberty and fighting all the time, so it was hard to keep things together. I started another band called The Altar Boys with a couple of guys from The Chosen Ones, and right when I got that together and we were about to start playing shows, [[The Lifesavers]] recruited me to play guitar behind Michael. I was 16 years old and I remember the drummer was mad and he was like, 'We can't let this little kid in, he doesn't even have his license'... but we ended up being good friends with him, his name was Kevin Lee and he ended up being the drummer on //Shaded Pain// and some other stuff we did, but yeah, that was funny. I don't remember if we ever played a show as The Altar Boys, we were going to, but Kevin's brother is [[Mike Stand]] and he came to me one day and said he was starting a band and wanted to use the name [[Altar Boys]], and I said sure, we weren't going to use it so you're welcome to it, and then the [[Altar Boys]] went on to play for a long time too."

The band seems to have continued after this until at least 1984, where a live recording of them playing a more pop sound at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa surfaced with the line up of Pavlis, Garcia, Johnson, and Durbin.

The Pavlis brothers also went on to join [[Private Confession]].

===== Discography =====

| 1980? | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2026/10/21/the-chosen-ones-demo/|Demo]] |

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==== Demo ====

1980? Independent

Chris Pavlis - Lead vocals, keyboards, and synthesizer\\
Roso Garcia - Guitars\\
Brian Doidge - Guitars\\
Greg Johnson - Bass\\
Rich Durbin - Drums

  - Money Can't Buy Love
  - Jesus is the One
  - End Times
  - Out of Time
  - Try God
  - No Pain
  - Do You Think Your Cool
  - Rapture

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===== Links =====

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CClGZZ-BsfU|The Chosen Ones live at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa circa 1984]]
  * [[https://downthelinezine.com/archives/brian-doidge-the-normal-mundane-things-you-become-grateful-for/|Brian Doidge discusses his time in The Chosen Ones]]

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